Some cold, eh? Canada tweets through winter blast

[<a href="//storify.com/cbccommunity/cold-canada" target="_blank">View the story "Some cold, eh? Canada tweets through winter blast" on Storify</a>]<h1>Some cold, eh? Canada tweets through winter blast</h1><h2></h2><p>Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/cbccommunity">CBC News Community</a>&middot; Wed, Jan 23 2013 07:13:11</p><div>Yes, it's cold in most of Canada today. Unseasonably cold. Of the coldest places on the planet today, most of them are in Canada. <br></div><div>At -43.1°C Little Chicago NT is coldest measured temp on Earth right now. Earlton ON is second at -41.3°C followed by Val-D'Or QC at -40.9°CCBC Weather Centre</div><div>Canadians do love to <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/01/22/f-canadians-talking-about-weather.html" class="">talk about and complain about the weather</a>, and Canadians on Twitter are no exception. From coast to coast (well, not in Vancouver, where it was a balmy 3 C this morning), Canadians were tweeting and posting their photos of the true north, strong and freeze. <br></div><div>Another cold one! #BayofFundy #winterincanada remember your #touquesusanbam</div><div>Days like today make eating a big bowl of oatmeal for all three meals sound like a nice option. #halifax #winterMade with Local Bars</div><div>So cold the St Lawrence river is smoking ;) #montreal #freezing #snapseed http://pic.twitter.com/uaXWxFAHT.S. Li (李丹珊)</div><div>nothing like a -40C bike ride to the office to make ya feel ALIVE #WinterBiking #ItsBeautifulOutThereMontrealLaura Beeston</div><div>*Feels like -39.* I don't know whether to laugh or cry. (Hint: most likely the latter) #montreal #weather http://instagr.am/p/Uz59VEhRE8/Zoë F</div><div>Sooooo cold in Ottawa this morning. http://pic.twitter.com/f3MRmtlFRichard Smith</div><div>Morning.Frozen eyelids, nose, eyebrows, fingers, hair, toque, balaclava - yup it's as cold as they said it would be. Shortest run in 3 yearsAndrew_Milne</div><div>Oh sure, it's -30C &amp; it feels like -40C, but it's a dry cold. #liesBryan</div><div>Yep, it's cold in #ottawa. I think I drove by a Polar Bear on my way 2 work #brrr http://pic.twitter.com/aaf9ORqnPat Lemay</div><div>Ottawa cold is not the same as Toronto coldאביגיל</div><div>There aren't enough tweets to be sure...is it cold out? #ottawaChristopher Hofley</div><div>Sun shining behind the hydro-dam in Lakefield this morning. Temp sitting at- 26 degrees. @CBCWeather @weathernetwork http://pic.twitter.com/dR4IfAukTim Rollwagen</div><div>It was so cold at the fire in Pickering it was actually painful to do my job. -22c without windchill. http://pic.twitter.com/q3ZE3fbHTony Smyth</div><div>but I already wore all my warmest clothes yesterday #dlwsFrank Yang</div><div>Mighty Lake Ontario is losing battle w/ Mom Nature. Freezing over at -21C (-6F). Never seen so many birds huddled there http://pic.twitter.com/lMI8qaQsMary Gazze</div><div>It's cold enough for me to wear this without getting any funny looks. #firefly #toronto #geek http://instagr.am/p/U083ZYOVz_/Krissy Myers</div><div>It feels like -35 but my boots are only good to -32! #dlws #coldweatherproblemsPatricia Graham</div><div>Finally, the rest of the country is finding out what a day in Winnipeg is like. -30C in your town? That's Winnipeg weather! #winterpegTeebz</div><div>not too fond of the cold weather but love the feeling of your face defrosting the second you walk inside. #Winterpeg #Snotsiclesjiggajayd</div><div>It's too cold to tweet!!! #brrr #WinterpegTeresa de Castro</div><div>And when the cold weather comes, Star Wars geeks break out the same joke they've been telling since the Empire first struck back. <br></div><div>-16 degrees Celsius, with a 75% chance of nerdy cutting-open-the-Tauntaun jokes. #dlwsTim Munro</div><div>It's true... <br></div><div>So cold out today. My tauntaun froze before i reached the first marker. :(Becky Cloonan</div><div>‎&quot;Your Tauntaun will freeze before your reach the first marker.&quot; Seems a fitting quote for today. #starwars http://pic.twitter.com/GO8oK17ZCait Callaghan</div><div>Doorman this am: "Your Tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker!" Me: "Then I'll see you in Hell!"Colin James Nagy</div><div>Minus 18C, wind chill -24C, If I were on Hoth, my tauntaun would be frozen to death by now. http://pic.twitter.com/3VSWlSSzAndrew Brown</div><div>Speaking of nerdy jokes... <br></div><div>It's so cold I have to run Flash sites on my Mac Book Air for heat just to survive.Robert Spychala</div><div>On CBC News Network this morning, Heather Hiscox was asking for you to complete the sentence, "It's so cold that ___." We got in on the fun on Twitter, too. <br></div><div>Thanks for the fun POV responses this morning! I'll RT some that came directly to me. Bundle up!Heather Hiscox</div><div>The great @jnorthcottCBC as only the great @jnorthcottCBC can do! #OneOfAKind http://pic.twitter.com/EhfHjhaNReshmi Nair</div><div>OK, we'll play along with #CBCNN and @CBCWeather. Finish this sentence: &quot;It's so cold that ___.&quot; We'll RT your best answers.CBC News Community</div><div>@cbchh @CBCNews it's so cold my dog broke a land speed record in doing his business this morning!Hamilton Silver</div><div>@CBCCommunity @CBCWeather it's so cold that this morning that Frosty the Snowman went to Tim's for a cup of coffeewrikent3500</div><div>@CBCCommunity it's so cold we have to measure in Kelvin just to feel warm.Aubrey Harris</div><div>@CBCCommunity it's so cold my brass monkey moved to Florida.Susan Murphy</div><div>My home of Earlton one of the coldest places in Canada says @cbchh .. il fait fret (as the franco ontarions say)!Bob Knight</div><div>Every time a southern Canadian says it's cold at -25c, a northerner gets his/her wings.. @cbchh #northof60 #Iqaluitkhumbu2015</div>